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We Love David Duffield Reader Submissions Part 1e

October 13, 2009 admin 1 comment
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From: Dr Claire
Subject: Duffieldisms

What a great website. A fitting tribute to such a legend. And your glossary is very useful I have no idea what he's on about half of the time.

Anyway, I thought I had to share a few of my favourites with you, but then again there are so many!

Of the most recent would be on stage 14 of the Tour 2001. Some leading riders just coming up to the top of a climb. The Devil has just been out menacing them as usual, when DD spots someone mooning. ' There's a bloke mooning. Well some people really are strange. That's where the trident ought to go!' Classic!

My all time favourite though was the tour either 1999 or 2000. The stage was going though the Charente region, and DD as ever was talking about culinary specialities. 'Did you know that the local dish here is rabbit? Very nice it is too apparently. I used to have a rabbit. It was called Sixpence' A truly inconsequential, even surreal gem!

Thanks again, and keep updating that glossary!

Claire

At last. Academic acceptance of David Duffield! Do you ever wonder  if his brain is wired up differently to the rest of us? In a sort of Bionic Commentator type of way.

From: J
Subject: David Duffield

I think I've got a pretty good idea of the calibre of your club if Duffield is your idol. I can't think of a more unprofessional broadcaster. You may find his waffle, inaccuracies, and offensive comments enjoyable but there are many Eurosport subscribers - like myself - who either mute him or listen to a foreign commentator. Duffield is far past his sell-by date. Don't encourage the poor old sod.

Yes, I also think you have got a pretty good idea of the calibre of our club from our choice of unlikely hero. We enjoy cycling, we enjoy talking about cycling, we enjoy getting dirty off road and most of all we enjoy talking bollocks about cycling down the pub. If that ain't what you're about then that's cool. The Agreeable World's not for everyone and we never pretend it is.

From: Jef
Subject: David Duffield

superb site for a top man, ask yourselves this who else could keep you entertained for 7 hours on a haute cat. all dayer and have you noticed he gets the best and the humorous side out of his co-commentators ?

i'll click on again soon jef

You've summed it up pretty well there Jef. I can't really add anything to that.

From: Mark
Subject: Duffieldisms

What about "the battling Aussie", applied to any Australian rider who's having a dig/suffering a bad day/looks about to take the stage/jersey? (Sorry if someone else has mentioned this - haven't had time to read through all the messages.)

Well done Mark for bringing this to our attention. You are quite right and I don't think he uses this to describe any other nationality. Also its often followed by the words "barbie" and "fizzy brown stuff". Whoa hang on I'm listening to DD right now and just realised that when he says "Biggish hitters" really fast it comes out as something quite different. Enough diversions, I'm starting to lose my thread like him as well.

From: Chris, USA
Subject: David Duffield

I am one of the few Yanks who have had the privilege of hearing David's commentary for a major tour. I lived in Morocco and traveled in Europe in 1998 and watched and listened to the Giro and Tour religiously. As it was my first exposure to him, I marveled at his marathon mouth. Face it: not every televised moment of a tour stage is endowed with inherent excitement. David's ability to fill in the slow times with his gastronomic exploits or a good story from another year kept me rapt. I am sorry that my memory is insufficient to add to your store of Duffieldisms.

Now back in the States, I suffer, as do all my cycling friends, from a lack of live coverage of cycling. This year some of us have Outdoor Life Network, with Phil and Paul. They are fine and quite knowledgeable, but lack the off-balance sense of humor and political incorrectness that makes David so colorful. I wish he were calling the races here. I would happily forgive his occasionally overlooking an important breakaway.

Keep up the good work, David and Addiscombe CC.

Chris , Macon, GA USA

Many, many thanks for sharing that with us Chris. It must have been hard previously for you to get by without any cycling coverage at all accross the pond. At least you have the OLN coverage now which I guess is a spin off of the success Armstrong has had. Interestingly you can listen to Duffield live on Eurosport via the Audio feed.



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We Love David Duffield Reader Submissions Part 1c

October 12, 2009 admin 2 comments
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From: Norman
Subject: David Duffield

Thank you for your excellent web page, please accept the following for inclusion re Mr Duffield.

"Rough end of a ragman's trumpet" - rag and bone merchants would often blow a trumpet/bugle to warn/advise of their approach - not known for quality or tone!!!

David, when he worked for Halfords, was involved with the poster given away with a pop record (Queen?) that showed the rear views of naked young ladies on bikes - when he explained this at the Chippenham CC dinner I Understood why the saddles had looked of poor quality when examined closely.

I must complain about the choice of cycling route he gave to Cycling Weekly - all main road and very busy!

Thank you for your excellent web site.

I and my family appreciate the abilities of David in that he is able to :- talk/listen to producers/listen to race radio/remember food - drink - people - places/put his size 12 in his mouth and remove it in the same sentence for many hours on end.

I am not quite as old as him (by a month or three) and can remember articles in Cycling Weekly about his tricycling exploits - also wondering why he used three wheels when two were obviously faster.

'The Guardian' did an excellent article on him during the 2000 TDF that says everything - long may he continue!!

Norman

Thanks Norman. You sound like you were actually lucky enough to meet Him in real life. We were thinking about getting Him to come to our annual dinner but we are a bit tight and don't have the money to pay for his transport, hotel, food  and "fizzy brown stuff" so the other year we got pro road racer Gordon McCauley instead as he only lived down the road, had a small appetite and didn't drink much.

From: Lisa
Subject: duffieldisms

One to add to your David Duffield page:

"Just post your questions to ww.eurosport" means "send us an email"

today's permutation of the URL was just as good: "w.eurosport.com.uk"

I love your Duffield page so much I may have to join the club. :-)

Lisa

Thanks Lisa, you're welcome to join our club anytime. Perhaps we should have a special concession for Duffield fans. You want to hear how he read our URL out for the Agreeable World. I'm surprised anyone ever managed to log onto it!

From: Andy
Subject: David Duffield

I recall Duffer saying "he`s like a yard of pump water" which I would say draws a parallel with "a long streak of piss" i.e. tall and skinny

P.S. I think your site is "Top Hole" i.e. ACE!

Thanks Andy. I don't know if we were ready for the uncouth description but I think we get your meaning. While we are *down there* I notice that he pronounces Francois Simon's surname as Semen. Now how many other cycling commentators get to use that word?

From: Gary
Subject: David Duffield

During the Giro d'Italia "I've always been very fond of Milan - ever since I saw the film "The Italian Job" Fact: The film was shot in Turin!!

Also during the G d'I. "And MercatoneUno is a large chain of supermarkets" Fact: They sell furniture!

Fortunately, I am able to see the Tour de France on Italian TV so I don't have to suffer Duffield this time

Regards

Gary

Well thanks for both of those. I was pretty ignorant of both of them and took DDs word for it. What's it like watching the Italian coverage? I know they have Maurizio Fondriest assisting but isn't the main commentator even more off the wall than DD? Imagine that, being able to out-duffield David Duffield. Frightening.

From: Rod
Subject: David Duffield

Brilliant site much enjoyed, keep up the good work.
One off the funniest comments I remember David making was during the Amstel Gold Race a couple of years ago. The roads were slightly damp, (a couple of riders had fallen) and as we know this can create conditions more slippery than those caused by heavy rain. David was trying to explain this and went on to say "Its very slippery out there because there has not been enough rain to wash the roads dry" - What he really meant of course was that the rain had not been heavy enough to wash away all the diesel, etc. As some of your contributors have mentioned, there is no comparison to the 15-20mins of edited commentary of Liggett and Sherwin, to the enormous task of 7 hours live commentary. This has been accomplish at times single handed by the great man, long may he continue - he is irreplaceable.

Indeed Rod, indeed. Well spotted. Interestingly you can listen to Liggett and Sherwin trying their hand at 7 hour live commentaries live on the web at the Outdoor Life Network site or as DD would say "w.outdoorLi.com.uk" or something similar. I tried listening to it but it felt adulterous so I switched back to Eurosport quickly.

From: Phil
Subject: David Duffield

..........of course, as todays stage of the Tour is in the Alps, it's a good day to "bury your Grandmother"

This is the excuse you give your boss when instead of being at work, you're at home watching 7 hours of the tour with David Duffield !!

I'm digging as we speak.



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